Shop Now: Carefully Curated YazBerry Vintage Jewelry Collection

I've spent the past year collecting vintage jewelry to add to my YazBerry vintage inventory. I just finished photographing the current collection and have it all available to view on Facebook. 

*Message me to purchase, payments via PayPal or in person. 

*Worldwide shipping available $5-$10 depending on item and destination. 

*Everything is under $50 with most being $5 - $25 depending on materials, age, condition etc. 

Here is a preview of what I have. Close up images of individual items are posted on facebook.

Virginia Has News!

Pardon my radio silence of late, I have been overly busy working 40 hours a week at my day job, keeping up with inventory needs at The Local Joint and planning my wedding! There are new vintage listings on www.yazberry.com, I've been able to find some time recently to add new vintage finds. Best wishes to your and yours in 2013!

Vintage Beaded Purses for that "Something Old" for Brides

"Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
And a silver sixpence in her shoe."

This week one of my beautiful vintage purses was featured in an Etsy Treasury Collection (top right corner) of vintage, white, beaded purses. I thought, what a great way to incorporate something old into your wedding outfit.

While I was reciting the poem in my head, I of course had to look up the origin and meaning of it. Here is what I found:

"A sixpence is a coin that was minted in Britain from 1551 to 1967. It was made of silver and worth six pennies. So this wedding tradition is definitely English, and many sources say that it began in the Victorian era.
Each item in this poem represents a good-luck token for the bride. If she carries all of them on her wedding day, her marriage will be happy. "Something old" symbolizes continuity with the bride's family and the past. "Something new" means optimism and hope for the bride's new life ahead. "Something borrowed" is usually an item from a happily married friend or family member, whose good fortune in marriage is supposed to carry over to the new bride. The borrowed item also reminds the bride that she can depend on her friends and family.

As for the colorful item, blue has been connected to weddings for centuries. In ancient Rome, brides wore blue to symbolize love, modesty, and fidelity. Christianity has long dressed the Virgin Mary in blue, so purity was associated with the color. Before the late 19th century, blue was a popular color for wedding gowns, as evidenced in proverbs like, "Marry in blue, lover be true."

And finally, a silver sixpence in the bride's shoe represents wealth and financial security. It may date back to a Scottish custom of a groom putting a silver coin under his foot for good luck. For optimum fortune, the sixpence should be in the left shoe. These days, a dime or a copper penny is sometimes substituted, and many companies sell keepsake sixpences for weddings."

Found on http://ask.yahoo.com/20031027.html 2.20.11

I've been considering wearing light blue instead of a white color for my wedding dress and am intrigued to see that this was common before the trend of white wedding dresses came to be. Maybe I'm on to something. More trivia for the inquiring minds: the tradition of white as the choice for a brides gown "was popularized through the wedding of Queen Victoria. Some say Victoria's choice of a white gown may have simply been a sign of extravagance, but may have also been influenced by the values she held which emphasized sexual purity." Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding 2.20.11

Henna!

I had the honor & privaledge of attending my friends Marta & Nagdeep Giri's Hindu wedding in a beautiful new Hindu Temple in Minnesota over Labor Day. It was back to back wedding weekend and also saw one of my BFF's Megan Pratola tie the knot, what a happy time!

I realized I don't know many Hindu people and accordingly may not have the opportunity to attend a Hindu wedding again, so I gave myself an over the top but lovely henna tattoo and borrowed a sari from my friend and GAS Works store-mate Sara Maurno. I am in love with Indian textiles. The sari's Nagdeep & Marta's family and friends wore were so stunning and mesmerizing. I'd like to travel to India, I know I will be so intrigued visually!